On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 04:28:24 -0700, the inscrutable "Jon Danniken"
spake:

wrote:
Hey,

Started putting a new u joint into that yoke and shaft and ran into a
proplem. I got one "cup" in but when I tried to put the opposite cup in
it wont go on straight and I have a terrible time. I am afraid this
might mean the hole is out of round or something but not sure. Is there
a way to get this in?

What is the best way to install a u joint?

Heh, I just did mine last week. Best way I found to start them was to tap
them lightly around the cap circumference with a hammer. When I tried other
ways (using the vise or the nifty u-joint press I got from HF) they would
bind up by not being aligned axially with the hole.

By tapping them lightly with the hammer "around the horn", they found their
way in without much effort at all. When they got inside of the yoke, then I
used the press tool to push them in enough to get the circle clips in place.

That's why I bought my 6" HF vise. I use a thick bearing grease on the
U-joint needles, really sticking them into the cup. Then I place one
cap in the yoke and press it in. Then the U-joint is fitted into that
cup and the last cap is fit into the yoke. The pressure of the vise is
enough to seat the caps, then slightly smaller sockets provide the
final movement before the snap rings. Finally, they get the grease
goosed out of 'em. (The old fiber grease isn't as good as the moly.)


That was last week; this weekend I get to try and remove frozen bleeder
screws from my disc brake calipers; oh lucky me!

Got any R-12? (Totally non PC, and proud of it.) Freeze the screw,
heat the caliper body, and turn with a brake line wrench or 6-pt
socket.


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